Razor



Nov. 26, 1935. M. PORCO y 2,022,638

RAZOR Filed May 22, 1954 1. 2 Qa 4 IH W g Invenlor Ma 775 0 DardoBywwawu I Patented Nov. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

rlhis invention relates to a razor, the general object of the inventionbeing to provide a razor made somewhat in the manner of a straightoldfashioned razor, but with a removable blade, so that a number ofblades can be kept on hand and the blades placed in the head of therazor as desired.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is an elevation, with parts in section,

of the invention.

Figure 2 is a view looking toward the beveled edge 01"' the blade.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the blade.

In this drawing, the numeral I indicates the head of the razor and thehandle is shown at 2, and while the drawing shows the handle as formedwith the head, it is to be understood that the handle can be pivotallyconnected to the head, as in the old-fashioned razors now in use. Thehead is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 3 therein whichopens out through one edge of the head. The head I is formed with adeending lip I2 provided with a slot I3 registering with longitudinalslot 3. Slot I3 has a sloping inner wall 4 and the lip embracessubstantially the upper half of the blade 8 at the outer corner thereof.The inner end of the head is formed with a slot I4 registering with slot3 that has a sloping wall 5 terminating in a. pocket 6 at a point wherethe wall 5 joins the inner wall of slot 3. Slots I3 and I4 extend at anangle to the longitudinal slot 3 to seat the blade 8 at each end andfurnish additional support. Slot I4 embraces the major portion of thewidth of the blade.

` A threaded hole is formed in the lip I2 of the head for receiving aset screw l. The blade 8 is formed with a rear part to fit in the slot,with the ends of the blade sloping to conform to the sloping walls 4 and5, with the inner end of the blade adjacent its rear edge formed with aprojection 9 for tting in the rearwardly extending pocket 6 and theother end of the blade having a forwardly directed three-sided notch Itherein having parallel horizontal side walls and a vertical inner endwall perpendicular to the side walls, which notch for receiving the setscrew, so that when this set screw is screwed inwardly to have its innerend engage the notch, the blade is locke-d in the slot of the head, asshown in Figure l. By partly removing the set screw, the blade can beremoved and another blade substituted therefor. In applying the blade itis inserted in slot 3 in a diagonal direction until projec- 10 tion 9 isin substantial registry with pocket after which the blade is swung intoposition on the lower edge of slot I4 as a fulcrum, the walls 4 and 5being provided with suihcient clearance with respect to the end edges ofthe blade to accommodate this movement.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a razor including a head and a handle, said head formed in one pieceand with an intermediate longitudinal slot, a depending lip on the freeend of the head formed with an upright slot registering with the outerend of the longitudinal slot, `said head further formed with an uprightslot registering with the inner end of the longitudinal slot, said lastmentioned slot formed with a rearwardly extending pocket adjoining theend of the longitudinal slot, a set screw carried by the lip of the headhaving one end movable into and out of the longitudinal slot at thejuncture with the outer upright slot, a single edge oblong razor bladeformed with a, forwardly directed three-sided notch on the outer edgehaving par- 0 allel horizontal side walls and a vertical inner end wallperpendicular to the side walls to receive the end of the set screw,said notch located between the top and cutting edge of the blade, saidblade having portions thereof removably seated in the longitudinal andupright slots, and the outer upright slot substantially embracing onehalf of the Width oi the blade with the inner upright slot embracing themajor portion of the width of the blade whereby additional support isprovided at the ends of the blade.

MATTEO PORCO.

